(2016)
Natural products from microbes associated with insects.
Beilstein J Org Chem 12,
314-327.
Prof. Dr. Christine Beemelmanns
Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions · Head +49 3641 532-1525 christine.beemelmanns@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Isolation and determination of the structure of signal molecules and antimicrobial natural products
- Characterisation of interactions between microbes and eucaryotes
- Total synthesis of natural products and chemical derivatisation
Professional Career
| since 01/2022 | Professor of Biochemistry of Microbial Metabolism at the University of Leipzig |
| Since 12/2013 | Junior group head at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena, chemical biology of microbe-host-interactions |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc at the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, supervisor: Prof. J. Clardy, BCMP, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoc at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, chemical faculty (Tokyo, Japan) supervisor: Prof. K. Suzuki |
| 2010 | Dr. rer. nat. in chemistry, summa cum laude, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2007-2010 | PhD dissertation, organic chemistry instructed by Prof. H.-U. Reißig at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) |
| 2006-2007 | Research period at the RIKEN, chemistry, in the working group of Prof. M. Sodeoka (Japan) |
| 2001-2006 | Studies in chemistry, diploma at the RWTH Aachen (Germany) |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2021 | Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preise für Naturstoffforschung |
| 2020 | Dozentenpreis des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 2020 | Visiting Professor in Madison Wisconsin USA |
| 2019-2024 | ERC Starting GRant MORPHEUS |
| 2014-2015 | Postdoc fellowship from the Daimler and Benz Foundation and the Reinhard Frank Foundation |
| Since 2014 | Membership VAAM, FEMS and IUMS |
| Since 2014 | Membership Dechema |
| Since 2014 | Membership National Research Foundation of Korea |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc fellowship from the Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften; Postdoc fellowship from the DFG rejected |
| 2011 | Ernst-Reuter-Award of the Freie Universität Berlin; Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft der Freunde, Förderer und Ehemaligen der Freien Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany) |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoc fellowship from the DAAD |
| Since 2010 | Member of the commission, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2007-2010 | Networking fellowship for doctoral researchers at the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2007-2009 | Doctoral fellowship funded by the Verband Chemischen Industrie (VCI) |
| 2006 | Springorum commemorative coin from the RWTH Aachen (Aachen, Germany) |
| 2006 | Procter and Gamble award, expert group chemistry at the RWTH Aachen |
| 2006-2007 | RIKEN fellowship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2004-2006 | Studies in chemistry: fellowship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| Since 2003 | Member of the GDCH |
| 2003 | Chemical award from the faculty for mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, RWTH Aachen |
| 2003 | Schöneborn award from the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der RWTH Aachen e.V., RWTH Aachen (Aachen, Germany) |
Publications
(2016)
Isolation and Synthesis of a Bacterially Produced Inhibitor of Rosette Development in Choanoflagellates.
J Am Chem Soc 138(13),
4326-4329.
(2016)
Pseudoxylallemycins A-F, cyclic tetrapeptides with rare allenyl modifications isolated from Pseudoxylaria sp. X802: A competitor of fungus-growing termite cultivars.
Org Lett 18,
3338-3341.
(2016)
Termisoflavones A-C, Isoflavonoid Glycosides from Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp. RB1.
J Nat Prod 79(12),
3072-3078.
(2016)
A New Diketopiperazine, Cyclo(D-trans-Hyp-L-Leu) from a Kenyan Bacterium Bacillus licheniformis LB 8CT
Nat Prod Commun 4(11),
461-463.
(2016)
Draft Genome Sequence of Shewanella sp. P1-14-1, a Bacterial Inducer of Settlement and Morphogenesis in Larvae of the Marine Hydroid Hydractinia Echinata
Genome Announc 4(1),
e00003-16.
(2016)
Bacterial lipids activate, synergize, and inhibit a developmental switch in choanoflagellates.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113(28),
7894-7899.
(2015)
Evolution of a Short Route to Strychnine by Using the Samarium Diiodide-Induced Cascade Cyclization as a Key Step
Chemistry - A European Journal 21(23),
8416-8425.
(2015)
Strychnine as Target - Samarium Diiodide as Tool - A Personal Story
The Chemical Record 15(5),
872-885.
(2015)
A new antibacterial octaketide and cytotoxic phenylethanoid glycosides from Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14(25),
2834-2836.
